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Tumor   /tˈumər/   Listen
Tumor

noun
1.
An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.  Synonyms: neoplasm, tumour.



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"Tumor" Quotes from Famous Books



... relatives she recounted a vague story of her delirium at the hospital. She had a faint recollection of swallowing a knife, she said. To swallow a knife and survive was improbable, she was told, but she was advised to see a physician. The first doctor called in recommended an immediate operation for a tumor. Another believed she had ...
— News Writing - The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories • M. Lyle Spencer

... the nostrils, with a swelling under the throat, a disinclination to eat. Thirst, but after a gulp or two the horse ceases to drink. In attempting to swallow, a convulsive cough comes on; mouth hot and tongue coated with a white fur. The tumor under the jaw soon fills the whole space, and is evidently one uniform body, and may thus be distinguished from glanders or the enlarged ...
— Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets • Daniel Young



Words linked to "Tumor" :   nonmalignant tumour, brain tumour, fibroid tumor, tumor virus, benign tumour, neurofibroma, phaeochromocytoma, acanthoma, pinealoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma, brain tumor, lipoma, papillary tumor, growth, blastocytoma, plasmacytoma, sand tumor, psammoma, granuloma, blastoma, pheochromocytoma, metastatic tumor, adipose tumor, neurilemoma, meningioma, carcinoid, skin tumor, celioma, angioma, neoplasm, malignant neoplasm, neuroma, teratoma, nonmalignant neoplasm



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